John Brooks (writer) Quotes (10 quotes)

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Famous John Brooks (writer) Quotes

“In the law of torts there is the maxim: Every dog has one free bite.”

Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street

“A man´s study reflects himself as he wishes to be seen publicly, but his journal, if he is honest, reflects something else.”

John Brooks (writer)

Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street

“I found that business life is full of creative original minds -along with the usual number of second-guessers, of course.”

John Brooks (writer)

Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street

“Basel has several first-rate restaurants, and it may be that in the view of the central-bank delegates this advantage outweighs the travel inconvenience, for central banking -or at least European central banking- has a firmly established association with good living.”

John Brooks (writer)

Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street

“…both company managements and stockholders might well consider a lesson King Lear learned -that when the role of dissenter is left to the Fool, there may be trouble ahead for everybody.”

John Brooks (writer)

Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street

“The Internal Revenue Code of 1954, a document longer than "War and Peace", is phrased -inevitably, perhaps- in the sort of jargon that stuns the mind and disheartens the spirit.”

John Brooks (writer)

Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street

John Brooks (writer) Quotes

“On Thursday, March 14th, panic was added to chaos. London gold dealers, in describing the day´s action, used the un-British words "stampede", "catastrophe", and "nightmare."”

John Brooks (writer)

Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street

“I find that companies are inclined to be at their most interesting when they are undergoing a little misfortune, and therefore I chose the fall of 1966 as the time to have a look at Xerox.”

John Brooks (writer)

Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street

“…Complains that his son has a low opinion of business; attributes this to ´reverse snobbery”

John Brooks (writer)

Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street

“A newspaper columnist who disagreed with the judge´s finding was to remark that the guesses had been so educated as to qualify for summa cum laude.”

John Brooks (writer)

Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street

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